JAXB and Boolean It turns out that by default, JAXB 2.2, the level in Java 7, generates the wrong kinds of getters for Boolean (wrapper object) fields. It generates isXXX() getters instead of getXXX() getters. And according to the JavaBeans spec, only boolean...

Since my last entry when I detailed the gruesome surgical technique I'd be undergoing on my elbow, a lot has happened. The elbow is almost fully healed for one, but more important is the steady stream of new content we've managed to publish over the past three...

In addition to the major announces around WAS v8.5 made yesterday, was the announcements of Rational Application Developer (RAD) v8.5, and WAS Developer Tools v8.5. With RAD and WDT, developers are getting the right fit for tools to leverage the latest...

Monday morning of the [ Oracle OpenWorld 2011 ] conference had Joe Tucci, CEO of EMC, present the keynote. Joe indicated that I.T. stands for "Industry in Transition". He had a chart that showed the history of IT, from the mainframe and mini-computer, to the...

This blog series will cover some of the new language features available in Java7. To start with, lets cover some changes that are available under the pseudonym "Project Coin" or in the Community parlance JSR334 .The main theme of "Project...

Trent Gray-Donald, IBM Java 7 technical lead, comments on the state of Java as a platform and a language, Oracle ownership of Sun, IBM Java 7, Open JDK and Apache Harmony, and what cloud computing means for Java developers.
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